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Writing two decades after the events, Matthew Paris, a St Albans chronicler of the early thirteenth century, claims that, in desperation, John sent envoys to al-Nâsir asking for his help. In return John offered to convert to Islam, to make the country at disposal of the caliph and turn England into a Muslim state. Among the delegates was ...
Murat Reis or Jan Janszoon – Dutch Barbary pirate who was an admiral for the Republic of Salé; converted from Christianity; became a very active Muslim missionary who tried to convert Christian slaves [130] Yvonne Ridley – British journalist, from Anglicanism; converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban [131] [132]
John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Empire and contributing to the subsequent growth in power of the French Capetian dynasty during the 13th century.
Robert of St. Albans (died 1187) [1] was an English templar knight who converted to Islam from Christianity in 1185. [2] In 1187, he led an army for Saladin [3] against the Crusaders during the Battle of Hattin as well as the reconquest of Jerusalem, [4] which was at the time under the control of the Franks.
He and his wife first became interested in the faith after the birth of their first child. A friendship with a Catholic priest later helped lead to Hank and his wife's conversion in 1959. He was known to frequently read Thomas à Kempis' 15th-century book The Imitation of Christ, which he kept in his locker. [1] [2]
Converts to Christianity from Islam Total population Between 8.4 million (2014 study) - 10.2 million (2015 study) According to the study 6 million of those converts came from Indonesia; however, the 6 million figure also includes descendants of those converts. Significant numbers of Muslims convert to Christianity in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, [6] [7] Australia, Austria, [8] Azerbaijan ...
King of England r. 1189–1199: Geoffrey II Duke of Brittany: Eleanor: Alfonso VIII King of Castile: Joan: William II King of Sicily: John King of England r. 1199–1216: Louis VIII King of France: Otto IV Holy Roman Emperor: Arthur I Duke of Brittany: Blanche of Castile Queen of France: Henry III King of England r. 1216–1272: Richard of ...
After Penda's death in 655, his son Peada, who was Oswig's son-in-law, became king of the southern Mercians. [126] Peada was killed within a year, with Bede attributing the killing to his wife. [ 126 ] [ 132 ] Two or three years later, there was an uprising led by Mercian elites that put Penda's Christian son Wulfhere on the throne who ruled ...